Synology Chat 2.10.0

Reviews

4 ★, on 2021-01-14
App works as advertised, and is well laid out. Does help if you have a static IP address and more than 20mpbs up and down on your internet connection. I have a business class fiber connection, but I'm using Chat for family and friends. So far, even the least tech-savvy of our group quickly picked up on it. Biggest downside, the time on the Mobile apps (Android and iOS) shows 24-hour time format. I have the server and my personal profile set to 12-hour, but the mobile app still shows 24-hour for everyone. Also, can't upload new themes, backgrounds, emojis, or custom stickers. Not a killer, but frustrating. Going to keep using it and revisit my review after an update or 2.

4 ★, on 2021-01-11
Very pleasantly surprised, was looking for a Slack-like hosted solution and Synology delivers! Gripes at this time is the lack of a dark mode, the chat window is rather bright regardless of which theme you pick. Also, on Xiaomi it may sometimes be required to open the app before it detects new messages even with battery optimization disabled. I've since also enabled Autostart, maybe that fixed it.

1 ★, on 2018-12-27
Please update app. Using offline through a local LAN with multiple wifi access points. App works well, but push notifications do now work on any of the 30 devices are using. A mix of all types of devices, brands, Android, iOS, etc. We've gone through every setting and option and 0 devices work. Again, no internet access where we are, just a large wifi network with synology NAS as our source of entertainment and communication. Messages come through, but there are no notifications

2 ★, on 2019-02-19
Good when it works but has a number of bugs. 1. Often does not load notifications or there may be a huge delay in it doing so. 2. Messages dont allways load or refres in the app. 3. when you click on a notification it takes you to the app but has doesnt load the messages just a blank page. 4. photos dont upload properly upload box stays on 100% and app needs restating. 5. no custom notifications. With the exception of 5 these dont happen on the desktop client. Tested with ip and quick connect.

2 ★, on 2020-12-10
Perfect for business environments if they add the video calling and voice call options , also has bugs where notifications are not working when an Android user messages an iOS user

4 ★, on 2021-01-30
It seems to generally work so far. However I would really like it if the app followed my device preferences for dark mode or supported dark mode at all.